Photo: Fivemack at English Wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of UK towns
In Abbotsley, 64% of households live in a detached house, beside 21% across England’s towns. The village had 421 residents and 176 households at the 2021 Census, with a median age of 50.6. On the census count, 25% of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many married adults and civil partners: 60% here, more than in 98% of UK towns.
Half of Abbotsley is over 50.6, older than 88% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24; in Abbotsley, 8.1%. In Abbotsley, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
A smaller share of full-time students than 99% of UK towns: 1.2%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 47% of Abbotsley’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 13%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. The usual figure: 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns. Residents who moved in within the year: nearly a tenth of the total.
In Abbotsley, 1.1% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home, fewer than in 99% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
In Abbotsley the average household is 2.3 people, beside 2.4 across England’s towns. Compared with other places, households with dependent children are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in nearly four fifths of UK towns. For shared households of unrelated adults, the comparison across England’s towns is 4.3%.
Households without a car or van: 6.7%, a lower share than 96% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
In Abbotsley, 11% of households live in a terraced house, beside 24% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 99% in Abbotsley, more than in 88% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns, against 5.9% in Abbotsley. The benchmark for residents whose main language is English across England’s towns: 90%. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (3.8%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.9%).
44% of residents said they have no religion, more than in 68% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 93% of Abbotsley · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Nearly half of residents describe themselves as Christian; across England’s towns the figure is 46%. Across England’s towns, 37% of residents said they have no religion. For Abbotsley, the census puts residents who describe themselves as White British at 93%.
24% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, fewer than in 95% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
There is little gap on unpaid carers: 8.6%, about the same as across England’s towns. Typically, nearly two in five adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns. 10 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week.
A degree-level qualification for 45% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
45% of Abbotsley’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 13% have none (18%).
Among its 7 nearest neighbours, 1 are older than Abbotsley
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsley | 421 | — | 50.6 | 27% | 24% |
| Gamlingay | 2,920 | 2.8 mi | 51 | 30% | 24% |
| St Neots | 33,262 | 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 28% |
| Potton | 5,229 | 4.5 mi | 43 | 20% | 29% |
| Little Paxton | 4,031 | 4.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 27% |
| Great Paxton | 1,003 | 4.6 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 34% |
| Papworth Everard | 3,821 | 5.4 mi | 38.1 | 10% | 37% |
| Sandy | 11,375 | 5.5 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 30% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Cambridgeshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cambridgeshire (or England), summed the same way as Abbotsley’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Abbotsley’s residents
What is the population of Abbotsley?
The 2021 Census counted 421 people in Abbotsley’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Abbotsley?
The median age was 50.6 at the 2021 Census. 8.1% of residents were 15 to 24 and 27% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Abbotsley?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 5.9% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Abbotsley?
44% said they had no religion and 49% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 5.9% didn’t answer.
Is Abbotsley good for families?
24% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Abbotsley’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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